Biopsy vaginal mucosa xtnsv at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center

1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$2,561.30

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$7,318.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1,118.82 with TCHP vs $10,350.21 with NX Health — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,118.82 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,118.82 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $1,118.82 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,118.82 ↓ -56%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,118.82 ↓ -56%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,141.20 ↓ -55%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,141.20 ↓ -55%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,141.20 ↓ -55%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $1,174.76 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|KelseyCare $1,195.00 ↓ -53%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3 $1,285.00 ↓ -50%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,286.64 ↓ -50%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,361.70 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,438.00 ↓ -44%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $1,499.22 ↓ -41%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,499.22 ↓ -41%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,532.78 ↓ -40%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,675.00 ↓ -35%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $1,722.98 ↓ -33%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,975.86 ↓ -23%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,980.00 ↓ -23%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,980.00 ↓ -23%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange $2,098.40 ↓ -18%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Transplant $2,287.08 ↓ -11%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $2,292.97 ↓ -10%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2,298.25 ↓ -10%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2,609.00 ↑ +2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $2,647.66 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,875.00 ↑ +12%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $3,000.38 ↑ +17%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $3,184.68 ↑ +24%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $3,184.68 ↑ +24%
AETNA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $3,184.68 ↑ +24%
Humana Medicare|TRANSPLANT $3,184.68 ↑ +24%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,184.68 ↑ +24%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $3,184.68 ↑ +24%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $3,216.53 ↑ +26%
AETNA Medicare|All Other Plans $3,248.37 ↑ +27%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $3,248.37 ↑ +27%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $3,280.22 ↑ +28%
TCH Commercial|Transplant $3,293.10 ↑ +29%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $3,343.91 ↑ +31%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,407.61 ↑ +33%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $3,407.61 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|Optum $3,439.46 ↑ +34%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,490.72 ↑ +36%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,490.72 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|Exchange $3,636.00 ↑ +42%
Shell Commercial|All Plans $3,659.00 ↑ +43%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $3,821.62 ↑ +49%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $4,024.90 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $4,024.90 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $4,024.90 ↑ +57%
BCBS - TX Commercial|Premier $4,171.83 ↑ +63%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $4,299.32 ↑ +68%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $4,387.58 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $4,390.80 ↑ +71%
Employer Direct Commercial|PPO $4,458.55 ↑ +74%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $4,756.70 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $4,756.70 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,756.70 ↑ +86%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $4,777.02 ↑ +87%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $4,777.02 ↑ +87%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,777.02 ↑ +87%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $4,777.02 ↑ +87%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $4,777.02 ↑ +87%
United Commercial|Charter $4,896.00 ↑ +91%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $4,904.41 ↑ +91%
BCBS - TX Commercial|HMO $5,096.12 ↑ +99%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $5,122.60 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,122.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $5,122.60 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $5,122.60 ↑ +100%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $5,185.00 ↑ +102%
PHCS Commercial|PPO $5,185.00 ↑ +102%
United Commercial|PPO $5,439.00 ↑ +112%
United Commercial|HMO $5,439.00 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,488.50 ↑ +114%
BCBS - TX Commercial|PPO Trad $5,495.82 ↑ +115%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $5,561.68 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $6,046.14 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $6,220.30 ↑ +143%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,221.00 ↑ +182%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $7,318.00 ↑ +186%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $10,350.21 ↑ +304%

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Biopsy vaginal mucosa xtnsv at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $2,561.30 $1,285.00 – $7,318.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,141.20 – $5,121.10
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,042.25 – $4,346.69
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,063.52 – $4,346.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,386.41 $71.00 – $7,744.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,386.41 $71.00 – $7,744.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,386.41 $85.00 – $7,744.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,386.41 $1,063.52 – $7,744.80

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